Les Reyes : Miracle Survivor

The Manila Times

Les Reyes : Miracle Survivor   Les Reyes, a man whose journey from a US Navy veteran to a beauty industry entrepreneur has been anything but ordinary. Les comes from a family whose legacy is beauty — starting with his mother's iconic Ada Beauty Parlour — and expanding it into something bigger than himself through franchising and mentorship. But life had other plans. After facing a major health crisis — including a stroke and a miraculous recovery — Les found himself at a crossroads. What he discovered on the other side of pain, surrender, and divine intervention changed everything.   Subscribe to The Manila Times Channel - https://tmt.ph/YTSubscribe   Visit our website at https://www.manilatimes.net   Subscribe to Business Franchise Guru: https://www.youtube.com/@BusinessFranchiseGuru    Follow us:  Facebook - https://tmt.ph/facebook  Instagram - https://tmt.ph/instagram  Twitter - https://tmt.ph/twitter  DailyMotion - https://tmt.ph/dailymotion    Subscribe to our Digital Edition - https://tmt.ph/digital  Sign up to our newsletters: https://tmt.ph/newsletters   Check out our Podcasts:  Spotify - https://tmt.ph/spotify  Apple Podcasts - https://tmt.ph/applepodcasts  Amazon Music - https://tmt.ph/amazonmusic  Deezer: https://tmt.ph/deezer  Stitcher: https://tmt.ph/stitcher  Tune In: https://tmt.ph/tunein    #themanilatimes  #philippines  #entrepreneur

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00:00Wherever you are, this is Butch Bartolomeo of the Business Mentor Blog over at Manila.

00:30Today, Sunday, is another exciting day for us.

00:34You know, today is something that I was able to catch a very, very good friend of ours, Les Reyes, who last year had a life-changing moment, no?

00:48And who is Les Reyes? Les Reyes probably is very, very familiar to you because we all know he comes from a family of beauty, no?

01:01From his mother to his brother to him, no?

01:06So, without further ado, let's call and tawagin natin si Les Reyes.

01:11Les, good morning, good evening to you, good Sunday.

01:14Kamusta ho ba?

01:15Good evening, good morning, happy Sunday, blessed, happy Holy Sunday, Brother Boots, Kuya Boots.

01:21Tito, our mentor, thank you for having me here.

01:26Les, you had a very, very good life and, you know, hanga ako sa'yo because you established a business of beauty, on beauty, not just a beauty salon.

01:40And you come from a family that started, paano ba nagsimula itong beauty business ng pamilya?

01:47Saan ba nagsimula ito, Alex?

01:50Nagsimula ito, Brother Boots, nanay namin, 1940s, 50s, and 60s, nagtayo ng salon ng nanay namin, ang pangalan ni Ada Beauty Parlour.

02:03And then, sinundan niya ng aking brother na si Ricky, and then my brother na Claro.

02:07And then, doon naman ako napunta, ako na yung panghuli sa, in our sibling, ang ginawa ako sa business, hindi naman kasi ako marunong magupit,

02:16I applied yung maging professional, and then I went through that business through franchising to share the blessing, the franchise, what we have in the family.

02:29Medyo nagtampungan sa akin yung family, bakit ko daw itinuro yung aking secret.

02:33Sa akin naman, God would like you to share what you have in your life, especially the blessings.

02:41Para lahat, magkakaroon ng blessing from God.

02:45But, Les, di ba, prior to this, you were not really into beauty.

02:49No, you were, I understand you were in the United States, and you had a stint of a couple of years, U.S. Navy.

02:59Tell us more about that.

03:01Nag-nine years ako sa Navy, without any tools, kasi I'm just a high school graduate,

03:06na kapag nagtrabaho ko sa naval base, ang trabaho ko dun eh, sa, doon sa loob, private, very secret.

03:15Kasi secret, tagahungas ng pinggan, doon sa gali.

03:19And then, from there, from there, nakita ko eh, nag-Navy, dalawang kapatid ko, nag-Navy yung brother-in-law ko.

03:24Why not me joining the Navy? Kasi wala naman akong college degree.

03:29So, nakapag-join ako. And, yung isang dream ko, nagtupad.

03:32Yung seeing the world, the other part of the world, the other side.

03:36And then, from that stint in the Navy, marami akong natutunang discipline and organizational

03:42na in-apply ko sa racer cars and franchising.

03:46Lahat nun, ginawa ko, nagkaroon ng kanya-kanyang department sa,

03:49kapag may kakausapin ka about franchise, about marketing, about accounting,

03:53may department na sasagot sa iyo for the whole time that you're with Ray Sir Carus franchise for five years.

03:59Wow. So, nagkaroon ka ng a lot of experience, no?

04:03The training, the discipline, no?

04:05Being part of the U.S. Navy, no?

04:08But, you did not stay for quite some time, right?

04:12What happened to you?

04:13You wanted to stay until, what, 20 years that you have a retirement?

04:17And, there was a crossroad, right?

04:21Ano naging crossroad mo doon?

04:23Yeah, kasi pag nag-Navy ka, you would like to be a career man, Navy.

04:27Dapat tapusin mo yung 20 years para, after 20 years, bata ka pa nun, siguro 40 ka pa lang nun.

04:32And you will receive retirement for life.

04:35Wow, ganun ba yun?

04:37Pero, na-stop eh, na-challenge ako.

04:39On my ninth year, nagkaroon ako ng back problem.

04:42So, na-discharge ako ng Navy sa pagiging accounting ko sa Navy.

04:49Natigil ako, na-discharge ako because I'm not qualified anymore because of my health daw.

04:54So, sabi ko, this is my new life.

04:57So, nag-out ako and napabalik ako sa Pilipinas na tinulungan ako ng brother ko, si Ricky, to start my new life.

05:07Ah, okay. So, parang sinasabi natin, this is where the sibling caring for each other, di ba?

05:14Parang may sumasalo at sino pa naman ang sasalo ay no other than a sibling, no?

05:21I mean, in other words, you had a beautiful life all the way up in the United States serving the U.S. Navy.

05:28You probably saw part of the world, di ba?

05:31Hindi naman lahat ng mundo, no?

05:33But, so, paano yun? Nung bumalik ka sa Pilipinas, was it really an acceptable thing or is it something that you cannot accept?

05:42Na, ayaw ko pang bumalik sa Pilipinas, may gusto pa akong gawin.

05:45Ganun ba yun? O naging talagang surrender ka doon sa brother mo kay Ricky?

05:50Ah, family business kasi namin salon eh.

05:55So, I didn't believe in my mom and my kuya. So, doon ako pumunta talaga. I accepted na kasi ang pagpapaganda, pang babae yan eh, eh, male tayo.

06:08Dapat nasa barbership tayo pero sabi ko, etong business namin, eh, we'll just do what we can and what we can do best to continue the salon business with our family.

06:17And, ako yung pinakahuli ngayon na nagtutuloy ng aming business.

06:21Sa sana, yung business na tinuloy ko, it will be a brand forever.

06:25Like, like Jollibee, KFC na tuloy-tuloy hanggang miskiwala na.

06:29Ako dito, people will again be blessed with razor cutters, system and production.

06:37Correct.

06:38Makapagbibigyan ng trabaho forever.

06:40Correct. So, which is your advocacy, no? Which, sabi nga natin, yung mga responsible franchisor, ay yan ang parating tinutuloy, being able to establish a legacy, no?

06:52Rather than becoming rich for themselves, but rather, sabi mo, giving a chance to people to have a break, di ba?

07:00Para bang, yun na naging punto mo ngayon eh, no?

07:02Which is, I think, you are being blessed because giving a break to the unfortunate is something that probably not many would probably look at it with a good point.

07:12But, ikaw may nakikita ka na bigyan mo ng pag-asa isang tao at turuan mo at yan ay lalago, di ba?

07:21Parang yun na yung punto mo, Les, di ba?

07:24Yes, Kuya Boots. Again, makapag-empower ka ng isa, dalawa, tatlo, okay na yun. Pero, if you can empower as much as you can while you're still alive, napakagandang gift mo na gagawin sa iyong kapwa na, again, yan ang turo ng ating ama sa taas na share everything and empower them.

07:48And that's what I will teach you and sana yan din ang maituro nating lahat na to take care of the people that works with us.

07:57But, Les, naging, you know, talking about our kababayan, mga nasa overseas, alam mo naman natin na yan ay sinasabi nating heroes, the living heroes, but unfortunately, they are not really heroes when they come home.

08:13Ano ba ang nakikita mong punto na dapat nating gawin?

08:19Lalong-lalo na, kasi, alam mo, nung nasa overseas din tayo, marami tayong nakilala na gusto nang umuwi, but ayaw pa uwin ng pamilya dahil meron pa siyang pananagutan, meron pa siyang pag-aaralin ng mga anak.

08:31Eh, yung ama, ito ay nasa barin, nung nasa barin ako, sabi niya, alam mo, Kuya Butts, eh, gustong-gusto ko na umuwi.

08:40Sabi ko, bakit, Kuya? Ilan taong ka naman dito? Eh, nakakasampung taon na ako, hindi pa akong uuwi.

08:45Gustong-gusto ko na umuwi.

08:47Sabi rin ang misis niya, huwag kang uuwi hanggang hindi natatapos yung apat na anak mo sa poleo.

08:53Ano, anong nagiging, ano kaya magiging suggestion mo doon sa ganun, Les, na ikaw ay isang OFW rin, di ba?

09:02Anong magiging suggestion at ikaw bilang isang entrepreneur, ano magiging kasagutan?

09:08Advice for me is, huwag gamitin ang blessing, ang funding sa luho.

09:16So, tapat ipon. Ipon, ipon instead na padala mo sa pamilya mo yung pera na pamilya ng magagandang bagay.

09:25Furniture, kotse, eh sana, pwede mong i-invest or money markets.

09:34Pero, mas maganda ma-invest mo sa isang negosyo, sample, kunyari sa salon.

09:38Yung wife mo, habang nagtatrabaho ka sa Bahrain, yung wife mo may konting negosyo at matututunan siyang mag-income.

09:50Correct, correct.

09:51And then, from that income, pag napalaki niya yun, yung asawa niya, hindi na kailangan mag-stay ng 10 years sa Bahrain.

09:58Kundi pag uwi niya, tulungan niya pa yung wife niya, ayusin niya yung business nila,

10:04at palakihin at add another branch at one or two or three branches para yung same time naman eh, same ang ginagawa mo.

10:11So, dagdaga mo pa hanggang kaya mo.

10:14And then, one day, pati yung mga anak mo may involve sa negosyo na parang eskwelahan na rin nila yung business mo.

10:20And then, hindi na kayo magkakahihwai.

10:22Well, like, save money, invest your money so you don't have to be 10 years for life na nasa ibang bansa.

10:30Kasi yung time mo with the family, nawawala.

10:35Yung, how do you take care of your children?

10:38Kasi pag wala rin ng ama, ang anak, ang wala rin ng ama at osama na nanay, yung values, yung culture, sa iba nila natututunan.

10:48Ang masama, isa natututunan na sa mga kaibigan na may mga hindi magandang ginagawa.

10:53So, yung love na dapat na ibinibigay mo, hinahanap ng anak mo yung love sa ibang tao na pwede mo naman pagbigay pag nakapag-ipon ka at pag nakapag-negosyo ka.

11:03And then, miski-konti yung kikitae mo doon sa negosyo mo, ang pinaka-importante dito, yung magkakasama kayo with your family all the time.

11:12So, totoo yan.

11:13Going to church, us, Christmas, birthday, na magkakasama.

11:17Yeah. But less, you always have crossroads. Alam naman natin, ang buhay ay hindi perfecto.

11:28Hindi pangalan ng buhay ay perfecto. Walang pangalan ganun.

11:32Di ba? So, ikaw ay marami kang pinagdaanan, marami kang mga pagsusubok sa buhay.

11:38Isa dyan ay yung nagkaroon ka ng herniatedness.

11:42Gustong-gusto mo yung maybe magkaroon ka ng pension for life.

11:47But again, it was not meant for you.

11:50But again, there was another, yeah, naging successful ka ngayon sa Razer Cutters.

11:57But, ano ba nangyari sa'yo?

11:59Meron kang isang major change that you can probably say na nagkaroon ka ng wake-up call.

12:06Hindi lang wake-up call. Alam nang literally woke up, no?

12:09Ano nangyari? You had a stroke.

12:12I had a stroke five months ago, last December.

12:19From that stroke, nagising ako na hindi pala lahat saya.

12:27Hindi pala lahat enjoyment by yourself.

12:31Enjoying the success by yourself.

12:34Na nakakalimutan mo na yung family mo, nakakalimutan mo na yung true friends mo,

12:40ang nakakasama mo, yung mga enjoy friends na pag masaya, dumula sila nakikita.

12:45Pag wala nang saya, wala na sila.

12:47So, dun nagising ako na, huy, you have to have a open relationship na talagang totoo ang relationship mo with God.

12:58And pag nagkaroon ka ng open relationship with God, it follows that you will have an open relationship with your wife,

13:05your children, and all the people that you meet.

13:08At lahat na gagawin mo ngayon na, the center of it will be Christ na,

13:13ito pala ang buhay na dapat na ginagawa natin, nagninegosyo tayo,

13:17but hindi natin kinakalimutan ang values na tinuro sa atin ng ating mga magulang na be with Christ.

13:24But there was one instance, Les, na sinabi mo na you were meant for an operation,

13:31nagkaroon ka ng blood clot, and you were Jew, sabi nga ng doktor sa iyo,

13:38na magkakaroon ka ng angiogram, and if ever the angiography proved,

13:44ikaw ay bubuksan.

13:46But there was a miracle.

13:48What was that miracle, Les?

13:51During the angiogram, to see the damage that happened in my left brain,

13:57yung blood clot, tapos yung the veins, yung mga ugat na nagdisection,

14:03naghiwahiwalay, medyo hindi maganda.

14:05So they did angiography to me, and then after angiography,

14:09they will decide to open my head, and i-repair kung anong damage mayroon.

14:15And then after that angiography, the doctor told me na,

14:21Mr. Reyes, may nagdadasal sa inyo, yung nagdadasal sa inyo,

14:25and very powerful kasi, it's a miracle na lahat ng nakita namin doon sa MRI,

14:29na pinakita naman sa akin doon sa x-ray,

14:33ay totally, miraculously gone.

14:36Nawala lahat sila.

14:37Parang bang natunaw?

14:39As in zero?

14:40As in nothing happened?

14:42Not even one blood clot is there,

14:44and not even one brain na nag-ikot,

14:47eh, parang lahat bumalik.

14:50Kasi, ginawa ka ng MRI, right?

14:52Nakita nila, nagkaloko-loko na ata yung mga,

14:55yung mga brain, yung blood clot mo, di ba?

14:57But again, after that, nag-aroon sila ulit ng verification.

15:02Yung verification nila, through angiography,

15:05na hinahanap nila yung mga nakita na sa MRI,

15:09na wala sila nakita, it was all gone.

15:12Thank you, Lord.

15:13Parang, what a blessing to me na, to have that.

15:17Sabi ng doktor, eh, that is a miracle, Mr. Reyes.

15:20Meron ka pa yata, sigurong misyon na gagawin,

15:22kaya nawala yan.

15:24So, yun nga, no?

15:25Parang, I guess, this is something,

15:28kumbaga, you're at the end of it, no?

15:30Kumbaga, surrender ka na, bubuksan ka, buksan na,

15:32para matapos na, di ba?

15:34Alisin yung blood clot and all this, di ba?

15:36Ganun yung, I'm sure your mindset is like this.

15:39Let's finish it.

15:40Para malaman na ka ang katotohanan.

15:43It's either go or no go, no?

15:44Yes.

15:45Dignan nagkaroon ng turnaround, no?

15:47Parang sinasabi natin,

15:49nothing is impossible.

15:51Tama ba?

15:52Yes, with God, nothing is impossible.

15:54So, kasi yung impossible kay God,

15:57gawin mong two-word yun, no?

15:58Impossible is,

15:59ang ibig sabihin,

16:00pag giniginawa mo two-word with God,

16:01I'm possible.

16:03So, naging possible na yung,

16:06yung lahat nang meron ako nawala.

16:09Yeah, yeah.

16:09Parang, I'm sure you're telling friends

16:11and people will say,

16:13talaga?

16:14You know, I'm sure a lot of your friends, no?

16:17And also a lot of people watching.

16:20And there is still a possibility, no?

16:22Kasi we have talked to a lot of people na,

16:24butch paano yan?

16:25Stage four na ho?

16:27Paano ho yan?

16:28Ganito-ganito.

16:29Financially draining at lahat-lahat.

16:31Parang, everything is on the ground.

16:35But somebody has to look up there and pray.

16:38Diba?

16:38Ganun yun.

16:39Anong nangyari?

16:40So, parang the blessing can come in different ways

16:44that, kumbaga,

16:47kumbaga the last two minutes of your life.

16:49Tama?

16:50Diba?

16:51Tama ka, no?

16:51Para sa basketball.

16:52Naglararo ka ng basketball, eh.

16:54Last two minutes can either be

16:56you are a loser or you are a winner.

16:58Diba?

16:59Hindi pa huli ang lahat.

17:00Tama, no?

17:01Yes, you can be champion.

17:02And again, the champion here is our God.

17:08But it can be a three-point shoot.

17:10Diba?

17:11So, we saw you.

17:14In life, there's so many challenges.

17:17If you surrender your life with God

17:19and believe in Him,

17:21na,

17:21God,

17:23you're my guide,

17:25I surrender to you my life,

17:27and,

17:28Lord,

17:28Ikaw na bahala sa buhay ko,

17:30and,

17:31I surrender,

17:32and I accept you in my life.

17:35Pero ngayon,

17:36Les,

17:36alam mo,

17:37maraming ngayong mga paghahamon

17:38ng mga,

17:39mga lahat ng negosyante,

17:41I mean,

17:42hindi naman lahat sa pang-Pilipinas lang,

17:43eh,

17:43pang-mundo pa, eh,

17:44no?

17:45Ano ba ang,

17:46ano ang views mo dito?

17:48Kasi,

17:49marami tayo nakakausap na,

17:51you know,

17:51mga matatagal na rin entrepreneurs

17:53na parang,

17:54so surrender na ata ako,

17:56parang,

17:56ang bigat,

17:57mabigat ang pasanin.

17:59Anong,

17:59anong,

17:59ikaw ay dumuan na rin sa ganyan.

18:01Anong masasabi mo?

18:02Anong magiging payo mo dito?

18:05We still,

18:08whatever you do,

18:10put Christ on it.

18:11Not just Christ,

18:12but,

18:13you have to do things in earth

18:15na may gagawin ka,

18:17hindi lang magdadasal ka,

18:18kundi,

18:19you will innovate,

18:21you will go to the extreme

18:22na kaya mo mo ito,

18:24even with you going to the extreme,

18:26hindi mo nakakalimutan yung mga tao

18:28na tumulong sa'yo on your top.

18:31At,

18:32make yourself be obsolete this day

18:37para bukas,

18:38bago na naman ang iniisip mo.

18:40And,

18:41lahat ng to,

18:41ay again,

18:43tama ba?

18:43Kung ikaw si Christ,

18:45itong gagawin kong to,

18:46ito ba yung gustong gawin ni Christ?

18:49On whatever I do,

18:50in business,

18:50in life,

18:51or relationship,

18:53ito ba yung tama?

18:54Pag naisip mo,

18:55yung thinking mo,

18:56yung iyong mga,

18:56yung mga ways,

18:58ay,

18:59ito si Christ,

18:59itong gagawin niya,

19:00I think that will be a key na

19:03you will be

19:05in a better place

19:06than before.

19:08Fantastic.

19:09So,

19:10yan,

19:10Les,

19:10but,

19:11sino ngayon si Les Reyes

19:14in the 2025,

19:16after the,

19:17after being,

19:19parang sasabihin ko nga,

19:21eh,

19:21you were resurrected,

19:23eh, no?

19:23Parabang,

19:23na nabuhay ulit

19:26ang pagkataon ni Les Reyes.

19:28Ano bang ginagawa mo ngayon?

19:30Being an entrepreneur?

19:31Or,

19:31kao ba,

19:32isugsug pa rin sa trabaho

19:34na hindi mo na inaalagaan

19:36iyong sarili?

19:37Or,

19:37medyo,

19:38nagmulat ka na na,

19:40take a muna,

19:40everything must be

19:41work-life balance?

19:43Ano ba ngayon,

19:44Les?

19:45Ah,

19:46what happened to me

19:47five months ago,

19:49I was 63.

19:50Nung birthday ko

19:51noong January,

19:52I turned

19:52to be

19:5364.

19:55Nung 64 na ako,

19:57I announced

19:57my retirement.

19:58Retired na ako.

19:59But,

20:01hindi ko kinakalimutan

20:02yung aking work.

20:03So,

20:03what I do,

20:04I come to work

20:05once a week na lang.

20:07I asked my wife,

20:08ala ka,

20:08mag-retire na tayo,

20:09pero sabi niya yung wife ko,

20:10wag muna,

20:11gusto ko pa magtawasan ko,

20:12ikaw na maging president

20:12sa ina yung business,

20:14baka,

20:14I retire,

20:16but I will come to the office

20:17once a day.

20:19Yung once a day na yun,

20:20yung Tuesday,

20:21kasi pag Monday,

20:22may JVC,

20:22di ba?

20:23So,

20:23Monday,

20:23pinili ko para,

20:25Tuesday is the day

20:26that I choose

20:27to be with God,

20:30with our employees.

20:31So,

20:31what I did,

20:32Catholic and Christian,

20:33what I do in Catholic,

20:34we pray the rosary,

20:358 o'clock in the morning

20:37on Tuesday,

20:38and after praying the rosary

20:39with Catholic,

20:39yung about Mama Mary,

20:41and then I turn into the Bible

20:43na we read one or two Bible verse

20:45and then we explain about

20:47that Bible verse

20:47and sinisare namin

20:50ano yung relationship namin

20:53with that Bible verse

20:54and I try to evangelize

20:57in our small community.

20:59Dati,

20:59ang pangalan ng

21:00Reyes Haircutters,

21:02ang ano niya,

21:03in short,

21:04for the millennial,

21:05is RHC,

21:06Reyes Haircutters.

21:08Ngayon,

21:08pag ako nagtotalk

21:09in our people,

21:10yung RHC

21:11instead of Reyes Circles,

21:12pinaltan ko na,

21:13ang pangalan ng ngayon niya

21:15ay

21:15R for Rejoice,

21:17H for Heavenly,

21:18C for Christ.

21:20Rejoice Heavenly Christ.

21:21So,

21:22that's what I do,

21:23my people.

21:23And meron pang tagline yun,

21:24Kuya Bus,

21:25yung tagline namin sa RACC

21:27ay

21:27Repent

21:28for R,

21:30H for Healing,

21:31and C for Community.

21:33So,

21:33Rejoice Heavenly Christ,

21:35Repent,

21:36Healing Community.

21:36Yung community namin,

21:38very small lang siya,

21:39pero,

21:39okay lang yung

21:40small,

21:41basta,

21:41you can evangelize this

21:42to 3 or 10 to 30 people.

21:45So,

21:46when you repent,

21:47you will be healed.

21:48And the community

21:49is your small community.

21:51And,

21:51huwag ka na maghangad

21:52ng malaking community.

21:53Tama na yung isang dalawa,

21:54basta,

21:55you're doing something

21:56about God.

21:58Ano yung mga word ni God

21:59na may explain sa kanila

22:00in their own small ways,

22:01in big ways,

22:03na paano Tagalog or English

22:05na may explain sa kanya.

22:06So,

22:06that's my

22:06Tuesday.

22:09And then,

22:09yung afternoon ng Tuesday,

22:11doon naman ako nag-i-spend

22:12sa isang

22:12department namin

22:14na nag-grow

22:15is the school

22:16department.

22:20We have

22:20RSE naman sa

22:21Reyes School of Cosmetology.

22:23Doon naman ako tumututok na

22:24ito,

22:25magbibigay ng

22:26scholarship

22:26sa lahat

22:27na nangangailangan

22:28ng

22:28trabaho.

22:30Miski hindi tapos na

22:31high school,

22:32miski

22:32no-read,

22:33no-write,

22:34miski

22:3418 years old,

22:36miski hindi

22:37high school graduate,

22:38we will train them.

22:39Ang bayad doon,

22:4025,000,

22:41ang ginawa ko,

22:41we-name ko na yun.

22:43No more

22:44tuition fee,

22:45waive,

22:45magbibigay pa kami

22:46ng allowance.

22:48And then,

22:49after training,

22:50guaranteed job

22:51to anyone

22:52that would like

22:53to have a career

22:54in cosmetology.

22:56Wow,

22:56fantastic.

22:58So,

22:58kumbaga,

22:59pinaghusay mo,

23:01pinagdibay mo,

23:02pinalalim mo

23:03ang meaning

23:04ng iyong negosyo.

23:05In other words,

23:06kumbaga,

23:07the why

23:08na sinasabi

23:09lahat ng karamihan

23:10ay na-discover mo

23:12at

23:13nakuha mo rin

23:14from the why

23:15yung how

23:16and the what

23:17and the when.

23:18So,

23:18in other words,

23:18nagkaroon ka

23:19ng deep rooting,

23:21nagkaroon ng mga

23:23malalalim na ugat

23:24or foundation

23:25ang iyong buhay.

23:27So,

23:28which is actually true

23:29na dahil

23:29alam mo raman tayo

23:30mga negosyante,

23:32hindi lang naman

23:32ating pang sarili.

23:34It's a legacy

23:34that you want to

23:35live.

23:37You want people

23:38to be talking

23:38about the legacy

23:39that you have

23:40established.

23:41Rather than,

23:43we always fade away

23:44but our legacy

23:45will always remain

23:46as ever.

23:47Kumbaga,

23:49it never fades.

23:51So,

23:51anyway,

23:53Les,

23:53it's been

23:54really a pleasure.

23:55A Sunday,

23:56something nga,

23:56sabi nga natin

23:57paglinggo ay

23:58itong business

23:59mentor blog

24:00ay nagkakaroon

24:01ng mga conversion

24:02yung mga ating

24:03readers,

24:03yung mga ating

24:04viewers

24:04simply because

24:06of the deep

24:06insights of

24:07the people

24:07like you

24:08na ini-interview

24:09natin,

24:10to share.

24:11And,

24:12so,

24:13Les,

24:14anong mapapayo

24:14mo ngayon?

24:15Siguro,

24:15mga dalawang

24:16advice lang

24:17sa mga

24:17entrepreneurs

24:18ngayon

24:19na sasabihin lang,

24:20oh,

24:20kaya niya ni Res

24:21kasi mayaman

24:22na siya.

24:22Eh,

24:23ako naman,

24:23eh,

24:23paano yan?

24:24Meron pa akong

24:24mga malalaking

24:25utang

24:26na babayaran

24:27at maraming

24:28pa akong

24:28obligasyon.

24:29Ano ba

24:29masasabi mo

24:30ngayon?

24:30Ano pwede mong

24:31dalawang payo

24:32na bilang

24:33galing

24:33kimbrother

24:34Les?

24:35Siguro,

24:37ah,

24:38balanced life,

24:39you work

24:40and you work

24:43with your family.

24:45Kasi,

24:45minsan,

24:45pag nag-work ka

24:46nakakalimutan yung family,

24:47you work

24:48for what you do

24:51and you work

24:52with your family

24:53which is your life

24:54and you work

24:55with God

24:56which is

24:56your everlasting life

24:58with God.

24:59And,

25:00kung may mga utang

25:00kayo,

25:01talk to the people

25:02na pinagkaka-utangan nyo,

25:03explain to them,

25:04bayaran nyo sila

25:05biskipa unti-unti

25:06at least

25:07they will know na

25:08meron kang

25:09good intention

25:10na babayaran mo

25:10hindi ka kalimutan

25:11just to explain to them

25:12anong situation mo

25:14at pag nalaman nyo

25:16they'll always be

25:18your partner.

25:18Sabi nga,

25:19ah,

25:20there's always

25:21again,

25:21ah,

25:22ah,

25:23opportunity

25:23on things

25:25that happens

25:25in your life.

25:26Even challenges man yan,

25:28good things,

25:29lahat-lahat.

25:29And,

25:29sabi nga,

25:30kuya bo,

25:30sabi mo kanina,

25:31everything happens

25:32for a purpose.

25:33Lahat na mangyayari

25:34sa buhay mo.

25:36Exactly.

25:37Binigay ni Lord

25:38Jan for you

25:39to be a better

25:40entrepreneur

25:41or a better person.

25:43And it's a blessing.

25:44Diba kasi,

25:45tama naman,

25:45diba?

25:46Kasi,

25:46hindi naman lahat

25:47ng tao

25:47pwede maging

25:47entrepreneur,

25:48diba?

25:49Aless,

25:50why we became

25:51an entrepreneur

25:52was always a reason.

25:54Why somebody

25:55became a very popular

25:56software engineer,

25:58there was always a reason.

25:59You know,

26:00lahat may purpose eh.

26:02Kaya nga,

26:03hindi yung

26:03nag-land ka

26:04by accident eh.

26:05It was an accident

26:06created by God

26:08for a purpose.

26:10Diba?

26:10So,

26:11yun ang ano doon.

26:12But again,

26:13pag-igihin natin,

26:14kasi sabi nga atin,

26:16kumbaga,

26:17yung

26:17the parable

26:18of the talents,

26:20eh,

26:20huwag mo lang ibaon

26:21ang iyong

26:22kayamanan

26:23na binigay.

26:24Palaguin mo,

26:25in other words.

26:26Diba?

26:27Mahirap na yun eh,

26:28kasi natatakot kang

26:29palaguin yung

26:29iyong kayamanan

26:31o i-share mo yung ganyan.

26:32I mean,

26:33masabi,

26:33siguro maraming magsasabi,

26:35siguro naging crazy

26:37na ito si Les.

26:38Imagine,

26:38nagbibigay siya ng

26:39scholarship,

26:40may allowance pa,

26:41binibigay niya pa

26:42yung mga taong,

26:43kumbaga,

26:44wala ng pag-asa sa buhay,

26:45tinitrain niya pa.

26:46In other words,

26:48what is in the head

26:50of,

26:51diba si Les?

26:53No?

26:53And I'm sure people,

26:54people,

26:55sometimes,

26:56are called crazy

26:57and yet,

26:58in the end,

26:58they're the ones laughing,

27:00laughing because

27:01they have fulfilled

27:02their life.

27:03Diba?

27:04Yes, sir.

27:04Yung gano'n, no?

27:05Yun ang nangyayari, no?

27:07I'm sure your friends

27:08had said,

27:09Les,

27:09ano nangyayari sa'yo?

27:10After five months,

27:11nagbago ka na.

27:15Parang,

27:16ang daming,

27:18unang-una,

27:18naging,

27:19parang nakita ko eh,

27:20parang hindi ka na

27:21tamaan ng stroke.

27:23At again,

27:24there is no sign

27:25and you even

27:26became younger,

27:28parang,

27:29at 64,

27:31imagine mo,

27:32nobody would believe,

27:33no?

27:34Actually,

27:35Kuya Bus,

27:35hanggang ngayon,

27:37bawal ako mag-drive,

27:38bawal ako mag-sports,

27:39pero ngayon,

27:39I drive to Tagaytay,

27:41I drive to Ilocosur,

27:44nag-go-gulp na ako,

27:45nag-dive na ako,

27:46I do lahat ng bawal.

27:48Hindi naman sagad,

27:50para yung,

27:50yung dahan-dahan lang

27:52for me together,

27:54for me to get back

27:56to sa ginagawa ko,

27:57na hindi nga full,

27:59pero at least,

28:00from one to ten,

28:01siguro hanggang five lang muna,

28:03at least,

28:03you're back,

28:04and then when you're back,

28:06thank you,

28:06Lord,

28:07for all these blessings

28:08that I have,

28:09lahat pala ng challenges,

28:11lahat na nangyara sa ating

28:12Kuya Bus,

28:13treat it as a blessing

28:15from Him,

28:16kasi when you think

28:17of it as a blessing,

28:20papalaguin mo,

28:21palalalimin mo,

28:22bakit nangyari ito,

28:23anong reason ito,

28:24and then once you become

28:25okay with that,

28:26be a testament,

28:27be a witness

28:28of God's will

28:30and God's love.

28:32Wow.

28:33Heavy, heavy, heavy.

28:34Sorry, Lee,

28:35really heavy,

28:36heavy Sunday.

28:38Again,

28:39Les,

28:40it's such a great pleasure,

28:42really,

28:42I'm sure a lot of people

28:44will get in touch with you,

28:46visit your page

28:47and message you.

28:51Importante yan,

28:52you're able to reach out

28:53to a lot of people.

28:55So again,

28:55thank you very much

28:56for this pleasure

28:57of,

28:58I'm sure you're busy

28:59or you have parked

29:01your car somewhere

29:02to be with us,

29:04to be with our viewers

29:06and really share your insight.

29:08So again,

29:09maraming maraming salamat,

29:10Les,

29:11at binigyan mo kami

29:12ng pagkakataon

29:13dito sa Business Mentor

29:15blog over Manila Times.

29:17Okay?

29:18So maraming maraming salamat.

29:19It's my pleasure,

29:20Kuyabuz,

29:21to God be the glory,

29:22to the highest glory of God.

29:25Amen, amen.

29:26Amen.

29:56Amen.

29:57Amen.

29:58Amen.

29:59Amen.

30:00Amen.

30:01Amen.

30:02Amen.

30:03Amen.

30:04Amen.

30:05Amen.

30:06Amen.

30:07Amen.

30:08Amen.

30:09Amen.

30:10Amen.

30:11Amen.

30:12Amen.

30:13Amen.

30:14Amen.

30:15Amen.

30:16Amen.

30:17Amen.

30:18Amen.

30:19Amen.

30:20Amen.

30:21Amen.

30:22Amen.

30:23Amen.

30:24Amen.

30:25Amen.

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